Consumer demand for Apple’s anthology of products has increased year over year promising a positive quarterly earnings announcement from the tech giant this week.

While Apple’s Q3 demand has grown about 40 percent year over year, this improvement has fallen greatly since the nearly 150 percent demand growth that corresponded with the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in September 2014.

“The recent 6S launch is shaping up to be nothing short of a success, but Apple is used to smartphone market conquests, and the 6S line is falling shorter than the iPhone 6,” says John Feland, CEO, Argus Insights.

According to consumer demand trends across all of Apple’s hardware offerings, Feland says the company’s Q3 earnings will be positive due to increased demand across segments like smartphones, tablets, and wearables, but, this growth will not be as extreme as past quarters with big handset launches, namely Q4 2014.

“While consumers have been slower to adopt the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, they are reporting extremely positive experiences, the lack of #bendgate and overall high quality of the new S models have resulted in higher delight ratings from launch than the 6 line, though this delight comes with significantly less demand.”

While tablets and smartphones continue to drive demand, Feland claims Apple’s streaming devices saw a drop in year-to-year consumer demand to inhibit Apple’s growth, after a rise in Q2.

For Feland, Apple clearly had a good Q3 2015, but they have done better.

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